McLaren hope to be competitive in 2013 – Formula 1 news
McLaren team principal, Martin Whitmarsh has said that they are looking forward to make the most out of their development process the 2013 Formula 1 season and are hoping to compete well with their rivals.
Whitmarsh has said that they have made some risky changes in their new car, MP4-28. But, they are very much optimistic about the potential of their new car and are aiming to perform well in this season.
Furthermore, he said that they had one of the most competent cars in the field during the last season with which they scored impressive points. However, they failed to keep up the level of consistency because of some reliability issues which hindered the
performance of their drivers, Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button in the preceding year.
“Clearly we have taken some risks in changing the car from last year,” he told the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes phone-in. “We finished last season with undoubtedly the quickest car and it would have been easy to continue to develop that car and make it quicker
still for the start of this year, yet we've made a lot of changes to the overall package in the belief that you have to be competitive over 19 races and develop it.”
Nonetheless, he said that they have made some significant developments in their new car as compared to the last season after which they are feeling optimistic about their performance in this year’s championship.
“But we'll see, I think we will have an interesting season and I hope we are certainly going to be competitive,” he added.
The Woking based team could only secure third place in the constructors’ championship in the last season. Besides, they remained ahead of Lotus and behind their main rival, Ferrari.
It will be important to mention that Hamilton has joined Mercedes in this season and has been replaced by Sergio Perez who drove for Sauber in the previous year.
Let’s see how the 2009 world champion performs alongside his new teammate, Perez and whether they will be able to come up to the expectations of their team or not.
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